Project Grant R15AP00113

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Boise Project Board of Control a $7,260,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to replace 5,230 linear feet (1 mile) of canal lining on the New York Canal in Boise, Idaho. This project aims to increase water conservation, efficiency, and reliability by reducing seepage losses from the existing concrete and asphalt-lined canal. The key activities include removing the existing...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554), will fund capacity-building and implementation activities to increase the health and resilience of the Upper Yellowstone and Shields River watersheds in Montana. The $299,533 award to Montana Freshwater Partners, Inc. will support: 1) formalizing the Park County Water Initiative to coordinate stakeholder collaboration; 2) developing a website to house prioritized...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $135,816 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG). The multi-year project aims to restore habitat along the North Fork Teton River to support Yellowstone cutthroat trout and other sensitive wildlife species. Funding will be used to finalize designs and implement measures to reconnect historical stream channels and lateral wetlands, while reducing channel incision and...

The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,906,894.92 WaterSMART Program (CFDA 15.507) Project Grant to Friends of the Teton River, Inc., a non-profit organization located in Driggs, Idaho. The grant funding will be used to improve agricultural water reliability and restore instream flows to Canyon Creek by relocating diversions from the creek to the larger Teton River. Specifically, the project will make infrastructure improvements and management changes at three...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement (YRBWE) program (CFDA 15.531) to the Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District (SVID) to construct a 500-600 acre-foot reservoir along the Sunnyside Canal in Washington. The project involves developing an earth embankment reservoir with an automated pump station, controls, and infrastructure to improve water management and supplement instream flows for anadromous fish. Key project...

The Targhee Creek Instream and Riparian Habitat Restoration Project on the Slash E Ranch is a $288,642 federal grant award made by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685). The grant, which started in 2023 and will be completed by September 2026, aims to restore ecological integrity by reconnecting historic stream channels, enhancing 1.6 miles of Yellowstone cutthroat trout habitat, and restoring 45 acres of wetland....

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $500,045 Project Grant to the Salmon River Canal Company (SRCC) under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the piping of 9,790 linear feet of an earthen canal and the replacement of ten electric power pumps with a gravity pressure system for irrigation. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 540 acre-feet by reducing evaporation...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Salmon River Canal Co LTD a $244,790.02 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant funds will be used to convert 9,170 linear feet of open earthen canal to a buried polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipeline on Lateral 1723 and install headgate automation on Lateral 12. The new pipeline will be equipped with electromagnetic meters to reduce water...

The Sidon Irrigation District in Big Horn County, Wyoming, was awarded a $454,200 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The funding will support the design of converting a 30,000-foot section of the district's Byron Lateral from an open ditch to a closed, pressurized pipe system. This project aims to address significant water loss of 39% due to seepage from...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Henry's Fork Foundation, a non-profit watershed conservation organization, a $628,750 Project Grant under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to improve fisheries in the Snake River Basin. The funding will support the development of new data infrastructure and expansion of hydrologic modeling of the South Fork Snake River. This will provide stakeholders and managers with the data, models, and short-term streamflow forecasts needed to more...